恨 means “resent, grudge”

うらむ · uramu

Also: regret, bear a grudge, resentment, malice

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うらむ, うらめしい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

A heart (忄) beside 艮, the part that also sits in 眼, the eye: picture a glare that never lets go. 恨む is to bear a grudge, 恨み is resentment, and 痛恨のミス, a bitterly regretted error, is how commentators describe a costly blunder.

Used in 恨む (uramu, to resent), 恨み (urami, grudge), and 痛恨 (tsuukon, deep regret)

More from Anger & Scorn

• 侮 look down on
• 怨 grudge
• 叱 scold
• 嫉 jealousy
• 罵 curse
• 蔑 contempt
• 妬 envy
• 羨 envy
• 嘲 ridicule
• 苛 harsh
• 喝 shout
• 憤 indignation

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